A pilgrim to Mecca returns home to find that gold he had left with a neighbour for safekeeping has turned into olives

An old miser gets caught out when his fate depends on the word of Karakash, the famously impartial judge

A young Ainu man goes on an adventure when his grandfather returns from the sea with no food

A hungry cat meets a well-fed neighbour in this traditional English tale

An old Japanese tale about an ambassador to China and the son he has with a local woman

An Australian owl, a Mopoke, refuses to help the Moon in this ancient Aboriginal tale

A monkey leaves his home and receives a magic fiddle in this traditional tale from South Africa

Two children find a sugar-candy house in the woods in this traditional Flemish tale

A poor man is thrown a lifeline in this traditional Slavic tale